Counsel’s fees and artificial intelligence

If as Philip Larkin wrote, sex began in 1963, then it can be asserted that artificial…

Iron and wine

One of the pleasures of growing old, is seeing many of the same arguments that one…

Planning matters

The Town and Country Planning system in the UK has been subject to increasing scrutiny and…

Plain English

September has rolled around again, and it is back to school. Reviewing the last year, I…

Michaelmas Term

I am off for a long weekend shortly, and when I return next week, the new…

Metamorphosis

The long summer slowdown is finally coming to an end. Michaelmas Term formally begins on 1st…

On stranger tides

On 17th June 2024, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published a Warning Notice entitled “Mergers, acquisitions…

Fixing problems

I have arrived home after a very pleasant fortnight in Cornwall. Embedded in the lush green…

Plan A

Leaving aside the rise of the robots and developments in AI, for the moment at least,…

Be useful

I spent last week looking at some large electronic bills of costs. After a hesitant start,…